Podcast 2014 – Episode 30 – The EEEE

Holy moly there’s a whole lot of racing to talk about this week! Hot on the heels of the Giro Rosa came Thüringen Rundfahrt, the Tour de Bretagne and new stage race the BeNe Ladies Tour. We cover all the stages in all the races and note several outstanding achievements, including Trixi Worrack and Evie Stevens racing Thüringen and the Giro Rosa back to back, stringing together 17 consecutive days of racing before they were done, and the results of several of the smaller teams in the peloton who definitely maximised their chances to shine. We also take a few moments to talk about #WomensCyclingWeek and (spoiler!) Sarah might have feelings about this one. But it’s all a lead in to the Commonwealth Games starting (which is kind of a big deal if you’re from a Commonwealth country, sort of like the Olympics because we can’t wait a whole 4 years to win more medals) and La Course by the Tour De France on Sunday (which is being televised live pretty much everywhere and therefore will be fucking amazing!). And after we talk about all of that, there’s the usual rundown of blogs, videos, tweets and various other odds and ends we saw. In other words, brace yourselves, this one’s big! (1:17:24 MIN / 74.30 MB)

The Friends Life Group sponsored the Women’s Tour (of Britain) and are extending their support not just for the women’s race but also the men’s Tour of Britain – this is a great answer to everyone who claims that supporting women’s cycling would be a drain on men’s racing – it’s the opposite!

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British Cycling’s video about Beryl Burton and the Breeze programme to get more women cycling

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This week’s racing

BMX World Championships- the elite finals will be streamed live here on the UCI youtube from 14:20 CEST (1:20pm UK BST, 8:20am USA EST and 10:20pm Aus AEST) on 27th July (click through for a countdown to when it starts in your timezone)